Photophysics of alpha,omega-diphenyloctatetraene in the vapor phase

Fluorescence and fluorescence excitation spectra of diphenyloctatetraene vapor have been measured at different temperatures from 98 to 136 degrees C and at different buffer gas pressures from 0 to 300 Torr. The fluorescence quantum yields were determined as functions of the excitation energy and buffer gas pressure. It is shown that diphenyloctatetraene vapor exhibits weak fluorescence from the S2 (1(1)Bu) state in addition to the fluorescence from the S1 (2(1)Ag) state. The quantum yield of the S1 fluorescence is shown to decrease with decreasing pressure and with increasing excitation energy. The electronic relaxation processes of diphenyloctatetraene vapor are discussed based on the pressure and excitation-energy dependence of the fluorescence quantum yield.     

Molecular dynamics with quantum transitions study of the vibrational relaxation of the HOD bend fundamental in liquid D2O

The molecular dynamics with quantum transitions method is used to study the vibrational relaxation of the HOD bend fundamental in liquid D(2)O. All of the vibrational bending degrees of freedom of the HOD and D(2)O molecules are described by quantum mechanics, while the remaining translational and rotational degrees of freedom are described classically. The effect of the coupling between the rotational and vibrational degrees of freedom of the deuterated water molecules is analyzed. A kinetic mechanism based on three steps is proposed in order to interpret the dynamics of the system. It is shown that intermolecular vibrational energy transfer plays an important role in the relaxation process and also that the transfer of energy into the rotational degrees of freedom is favored over the transfer of energy into the translational motions. The thermalization of the system after the relaxation is reached in a shorter time scale than that of the recovery of the hydrogen bond network. The relaxation and equilibration times obtained compare well with experimental and previous theoretical results.     

Times of metastable droplet relaxation to equilibrium states

Times of metastable droplet relaxation to their equilibrium state are calculated at saturated vapor pressures, depending on the droplet size. It is shown that for small droplets with radius R = 6 molecular diameters (or ~2 nm) the relaxation times are ~1 ns (which is comparable to the characteristic flight times of rarefied gas molecules). For large droplets with radius R ~ 800 molecular diameters, the relaxation times are as long as 10 μs. At a fixed droplet radius (6 ≤ R ≤ 800), the range of variation in relaxation time from the melting point to the critical temperature does not exceed one order of magnitude: the lower the temperature, the slower the relaxation process.     

界面张力弛豫法研究不同分子量原油活性组分界面扩张粘弹性

采用界面张力弛豫法研究了不同分子量原油活性组分在正癸烷-水界面上的扩张粘弹性质,阐述了界面扩张模量的弹性和粘性随扩张频率的变化规律.研究发现,随着原油活性组分分子量的增大,极限扩张粘度明显增大,而极限扩张弹性逐渐增大;当分子量大于某一数值后,极限扩张弹性变化不明显.对界面张力弛豫实验结果进行拟合得到的参数表明,界面上和界面附近的微观弛豫过程的数目随原油活性组分分子量的增加而增加,弛豫过程的特征频率也呈规律性变化.不同原油活性组分的界面扩张粘弹性质可从其不同特征的微观弛豫过程得到解释.     

Contribution to understanding of the molecular dynamics in liquids

The dielectric relaxation spectroscopy is used for studying the orientational molecular dynamics in the isotropic (I) and nematic (N) phases of two mesogenic liquids composed of the molecules of similar structure and length, but of an essentially different polarity: n-heptylcyanobiphenyl, C(7)H(15)PhPhCN, 7CB (molecular dipole moment mu approximately 5D) and 4-(trans-4'-n-hexylcyclohexyl)isothiocyanatobenzene, C(6)H(13)CyHxPhNCS, 6CHBT (mu approximately 2.5D); advantageously, the temperatures of the I-N phase transition for the two compounds are very close to each other (T(NI) = 316.6 +/- 0.2 K). It is shown that regardless of the differences in polarity of 7CB and 6CHBT molecules and their abilities in dipolar aggregation, the values and temperature dependences of the relaxation time (corresponding to the rotational diffusion of the molecules around their short axis) are very close to each other, in both the isotropic and nematic phases of the liquids studied. Therefore, the data show that the dielectric relaxation processes occurring in dipolar liquids in the isotropic and nematic states lead through the rotational diffusion of individual molecules and the diffusion seems to be not influenced by the intermolecular interactions.     

Energy partitioning in the reaction O(1D) + H2O → OH + OH. V. Rotational relaxation of OH(X2Π, ν″, J″)

The rotational relaxation of OH(X²Π, ν″, J″) in ν″, = 0, 1, and 2 produced from the reaction of O (¹D) with H₂O has been studied as a function of H₂O vapor pressure and added argon. Water molecules are extremely efficient in bringing about relaxation and the experiments performed indicate that, on the average, the high temperature distribution is relaxed to nearly room temperature at a gas kinetic rate. This observation is rationalized by assumming a collision complex between OH and H₂O having a quasichemical interaction similar to weak hydrogen bonding. The nascent OH internal energy distribution does not depend upon the translational energy of the O(¹D) reactant. Translational relaxation of the nascent OH product by H₂O is fast, as fast as rotational relaxation.     

A vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy study of the liquid-gas interface of acetic acid-water mixtures: 1. Surface speciation

Aqueous acetic acid solutions have been studied by vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy (VSFS) in order to acquire molecular information about the liquid-gas interface. The concentration range 0-100% acetic acid has been studied in the CH/OH and the C-O/C=O regions, and in order to clarify peak assignments, experiments with deuterated acetic acid and water have also been performed. Throughout the whole concentration range, the acetic acid is proven to be protonated. It is explicitly shown that the structure of a water surface becomes disrupted even at small additions of acetic acid. Furthermore, the spectral evolution upon increasing the concentration of acetic acid is explained in terms of the different complexes of acetic acid molecules, such as the hydrated monomer, linear dimer, and cyclic dimer. In the C=O region, the hydrated monomer is concluded to give rise to the sum frequency (SF) signal, and in the CH region, the cyclic dimer contributes to the signal as well. The combination of results from the CH/OH and the C-O/C=O regions allows a thorough characterization of the behavior of the acetic acid molecules at the interface to be obtained.     

Evaluation of ionization techniques for mass spectrometric detection of contact allergenic hydroperoxides formed by autoxidation of fragrance terpenes

Hydroperoxides formed by autoxidation of common fragrance terpenes are strong allergens and known to cause allergic contact dermatitis (ACD), a common skin disease caused by low molecular weight chemicals. Until now, no suitable methods for chemical analyses of monoterpene hydroperoxides have been available. Their thermolability prohibits the use of gas chromatography and their low UV-absorption properties do not promote sensitive analytical methods by liquid chromatography based on UV detection. In our study, we have investigated different liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) ionization techniques, electrospray ionization (ESI), atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI), and atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI), for detection of hydroperoxides from linalool and limonene.Flow injection analysis was used to evaluate the three different techniques to ionize the monoterpene hydroperoxides, linalool hydroperoxide and limonene hydroperoxide, by estimating the signal efficacy under experimental conditions for positive and negative ionization modes. The intensities for the species [M+H]+ and [M+H-H2O]+ in positive ionization mode and [M-H]- and [M-H-H2O]- in negative ionization mode were monitored. It was demonstrated that the mobile phase composition and instrumental parameters have major influences on the ionization efficiency of these compounds. ESI and APCI were both found to be appropriate as ionization techniques for detection of the two hydroperoxides. However, APPI was less suitable as ionization technique for the investigated hydroperoxides.     

The role of rotation in the vibrational relaxation of water by hydrogen molecules

Vibrational relaxation cross sections of the H(2)O(upsilon(2) = 1) bending mode by H(2) molecules are calculated on a recent high-accuracy ab initio potential-energy surface using quasiclassical trajectory calculations. The role of molecular rotation is investigated at a collisional energy of 3500 cm(-1) and it is shown that initial rotational excitation significantly enhances the total (rotationally summed) vibrational relaxation cross sections. A strong and complex dependence on the orientation of the water angular momentum is also observed, suggesting the key role played by the asymmetry of water. Despite the intrinsic limitations of classical mechanics, these exploratory results suggest that quantum approximations based on a complete decoupling of rotation and vibration, such as the widely used vibrational close-coupling (rotational) infinite-order-sudden method, would significantly underestimate rovibrationally inelastic cross sections. We also present some rationale for the absence of dynamical chaos in the scattering process.     

Effect of structural relaxation on the binding energy in a molecular complex. The role of relaxation in the formation of intermediate for nucleophilic reactions of carbonyl compounds

The problem of a change in the geometry of interacting molecules, based on harmonic approximation, is considered here, to describe the effect of structural relaxation in the formation of a molecular complex on the binding energy. The correlation between the relaxation and deformation energies found earlier was analyzed with the use of an harmonic model of a molecular complex. To verify the correlation, calculations on the molecular complexes of different kinds were carried out using ab initio and semiempirical AM1 quantum chemical methods. The effect of structural relaxation on the properties of the potential energy surface for reactions of nucleophilic addition to carbonyl compounds is discussed.     

连接性指数与Kov(a)ts指数的相关性研究

在分子拓扑理论的基础上,提出一种新的拓扑指数——连接性指数~mG,其中。计算了12个系列94种分子的~0G、~1G值,发现~0G或~1G与这些化合物的Kovts指数具有很好的相关性。该模式计算方法简单,使用方便,预测结果理想。     

OH-stretch vibrational relaxation of HOD in liquid to supercritical D2O

The population relaxation of the OH-stretching vibration of HOD diluted in D2O is studied by time-resolved infrared (IR) pump-probe spectroscopy for temperatures of up to 700 K in the density range 12 1 OH stretching transition with a 200 fs laser pulse centered at approximately 3500 cm(-1). Above 400 K these spectra show no indication of spectral diffusion after pump-probe delays of 0.3 ps. Over nearly the entire density range and for sufficiently high temperatures (T > 360 K), the vibrational relaxation rate constant, kr, is strictly proportional to the dielectric constant, epsilon, of water. Together with existing molecular dynamics simulations, this result suggests a simple linear dependence of kr on the number of hydrogen-bonded D2O molecules. It is shown that, for a given temperature, an isolated binary collision model is able to adequately describe the density dependence of vibrational energy relaxation even in hydrogen-bonded fluids. However, dynamic hydrogen bond breakage and formation is a source of spectral diffusion and affects the nature of the measured kr. For sufficiently high temperatures when spectral diffusion is much faster than energy transfer, the experimentally observed decays correspond to ensemble averaged population relaxation rates. In contrast, when spectral diffusion and vibrational relaxation occur on similar time scales, as is the case for ambient conditions, deviations from the linear kr(epsilon) relation occur because the long time decay of the v = 1 population is biased to slower relaxing HOD molecules that are only weakly connected to the hydrogen bond network.     

On the mechanisms of spatial electron relaxation in nonisothermal plasmas

The impact of different collision processes of the electrons with the gas atoms on their spatial relaxation under the action of space-independent electric fields is analyzed in a weakly ionized, collision-dominated helium plasma. Based on the numerical solution of the one-dimensional inhomogeneous electron Boltzmann equation, the spatial evolution of the electron velocity distribution function and of the related macroscopic quantities is investigated for different models concerning the treatment of the elastic, exciting, and ionizing collision processes. The spatial relaxation into homogeneous states is initiated by a disturbance which is directly imposed on the electron velocity distribution as a boundary condition. At moderate and higher electric fields this disturbance excites spatially periodic structures in the distribution function which are damped out by special mechanisms inherent in the exciting and ionizing collision processes. With decreasing field strength the damping due to the energy loss in elastic collisions becomes more effective and causes at lower fields an aperiodic establishment into homogeneous states.     

Power-law stage of slow relaxation in solutions with spherical micelles

General (independent of models selected for surfactant molecular aggregates) analytical relations are derived to describe the initial stage of slow relaxation in micellar solutions with spherical micelles. This stage precedes the final stage of the relaxation occurring via an exponential decay of disturbances with time. The relations obtained are applicable throughout the interval of micellar solution concentrations from the first to the second critical micellization concentration. It is shown that the initial stage is characterized by power laws of variations in the concentrations of monomers and micelles with time, these laws being different for the relaxation processes proceeding from above and below toward equilibrium values of micellar solution parameters. Relations are derived for the duration of this stage, and the effect of initial conditions is studied. Characteristic times of the power-law stage are determined and compared with the characteristic time of the final exponent-law relaxation stage. The behavior of these times is investigated at surfactant solution concentrations in the vicinity of, and noticeably above, the first critical micellization concentration. On the basis of the droplet and quasi-droplet thermodynamic models of surfactant molecular aggregates, numerical solutions are found for nonlinearized equations of slow relaxation for the time dependence of surfactant monomer concentrations at all stages of the slow relaxation. Numerical results obtained from the models are compared with the results of a general analytical study.     

Quasiclassical trajectory study of the vibrational quenching of hydroxyl radicals through collision with O atoms

The collisional removal of vibrationally excited OH radicals by O atoms is studied by the quasiclassical trajectory method. To evaluate the effect of different topological features on the scattering processes two different global potential energy surfaces, DMBE IV and TU, are used. Results for reactive, exchange, and inelastic scattering probabilities are reported for central collisions (with zero total angular momentum) with a fixed relative translational energy for vibrational levels of OH ranging from nu=1 to v=8. Vibrational state distributions of product molecules are also compared on the two potential energy surfaces. Both surfaces predict higher probabilities for reaction than for exchange or inelastic scattering. The vibrational state distributions of the product diatomic molecules are different on the two surfaces. In particular, the two surfaces give substantially different probabilities for multiquantum OH vibrational relaxation transitions OH(v)+O-->OH(v')+O.     

Ultrafast vibrational energy relaxation of the water bridge

We report the energy relaxation of the OH stretch vibration of HDO molecules contained in an HDO:D(2)O water bridge using femtosecond mid-infrared pump-probe spectroscopy. We found that the vibrational lifetime is shorter (~630 ± 50 fs) than for HDO molecules in bulk HDO:D(2)O (~740 ± 40 fs). In contrast, the thermalization dynamics following the vibrational relaxation are much slower (~1.5 ± 0.4 ps) than in bulk HDO:D(2)O (~250 ± 90 fs). These differences in energy relaxation dynamics strongly indicate that the water bridge and bulk water differ on a molecular scale.     

Quantum-chemical study of compounds containing intramolecular O-H…O=C bond

New results of the study of stable intermediates containing an intramolecular hydrogen bond O-H…O=C in the gas phase and solvents, carbon tetrachloride and dioxane, were analyzed. The structural and energy characteristics of the stable conformers of these compounds were determined by a MR2/6-311++G(d, p) method. The most stable is the hydrogen-bonded conformer of 1-hydroxy-1-chloroethyl acetate molecule. The approaches to accounting for the effects of the O-H…O=C intramolecular hydrogen bonding on the molecules reactivity were discussed.     

On the electronic origins of barriers to methyl rotation: CNDO/2 calculations on (CH3)2XHn (X = C,Si, N,P, O,S) molecules

CNDO calculations are performed for the homogeneous series of (CH₃)₂XH_n compounds (X = C, Si, N, P, O, S) in order to determine the molecular equilibrium configuration. In agreement with available experimental data, for all investigated molecules, the theoretical energy minimum is found for the (θ = 60°, ψ = 60°) conformation in which one hydrogen of each methyl group is in the X heavy atoms plane but pointing outside the CXC angle. A partitioning of total energy shows that the variations of this quantity are completely reflected by the variations of the interaction energy between non-bonded terms. A more detailed analysis reveals, only for the third-row compounds, the essential role of the interactions between central atom and methyl hydrogens.     

Interaction of NH(X 3Sigma-) with He: potential energy surface, bound states, and collisional Zeeman relaxation

A detailed analysis of the He-NH((3)Sigma(-)) van der Waals complex is presented. We discuss ab initio calculations of the potential energy surface and fitting procedures with relevance to cold collisions, and we present accurate calculations of bound energy levels of the triatomic complex as well as collisional properties of NH molecules in a buffer gas of (3)He. The influence of the external magnetic field used to trap the NH molecules and the effect of the atom-molecule interaction potential on the collisionally induced Zeeman relaxation are explored. It is shown that minute variations of the interaction potential due to different fitting procedures may alter the Zeeman relaxation rate at ultralow temperatures by as much as 50%.